Closed-Captioned Television Presentation Speed and Vocabulary.

Jensema, Carl; And Others

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Publication Date: 1996

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Closed-Captioned Television Presentation Speed and Vocabulary.

Jensema, Carl; And Others

American Annals of the Deaf, v141 n4 p284-92 Oct 1996

This article summarizes an extensive research project on the closed-captioning of 205 television programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Among findings were average caption speed was 141 words per minute; percentage of script edited out ranged from zero to 19; and a total of 16,102 unique words was used. (DB)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Captions, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Mass Media, Television, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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